PMID: 2483850Jul 1, 1989Paper

Induction of polymorphonuclear leukocyte-derived hepatocyte stimulating factor and effects on alpha 2-macroglobulin synthesis.

Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
H IshibashiH Okubo

Abstract

We investigated the kinetics of production of the hepatocyte stimulating factor (HSF) by peritoneal exudate- and peripheral circulating blood-polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs). Effects of the HSFs on alpha-2-macroglobulin (a2M) synthesis and a2M specific gene expression in primary cultured adult rat hepatocytes were also examined. Peritoneal exudate-PMNLs were collected 3 hr after the injection of alkaline-denatured casein into the peritoneal cavity of rats. Secretion of HSF into the culture medium began within 15 min after the start of incubation and practically a full secretion was noted within 3 hr. Lipopolysaccharide or other agents were not required to induce HSF from the PMNLs. Inhibitors of protein or DNA synthesis, cycloheximide, actinomycin D or puromycin, did not inhibit the secretion of HSF by rat PMNLs thereby suggesting that preformed and pooled HSF in the PMNLs was secreted during incubation. Peripheral circulating blood-PMNLs collected from a healthy man did not secrete HSF, in the absence of stimulation but did secrete HSF after vigorous agitation during incubation at 37 degrees C. The PMNL-HSF induced the synthesis of a2M and the accumulation of a2M mRNA in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. However, the effe...Continue Reading

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